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Old Fitch Coulee School Pictures
It’s been a long time since I added a post to this blog! I realized I have a couple old Fitch Coulee School photos that other folks might enjoy seeing and even adding information about. Here they are: This first … Continue reading
A Parsonage Through the Years
The parsonage of Pigeon Creek Lutheran Church has been featured before in this blog. I have been fortunate to have Carsten Taylor recently send me photos of the parsonage through the years. Three of them are included here: first, the … Continue reading
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In Pigeon Falls 110 Years Ago
Recently I gained access to a couple old postcards from Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin. I am sharing them with the idea that our readers not only might appreciate them, but with the hope that someone can add a bit of information … Continue reading
Working in the CCC
My mother was a scapbook maker par excellence. After she died in 2010, we gathered together more than 20 of them with various parts of our family history. What a treasure! Reviewing one of these scrapbooks recently, I noticed this … Continue reading
Pigeon Falls Years Ago
Here are a couple more photos I came across recently, both of Pigeon Falls before my time. This first one of the Ekern mill is perhaps a place that Borresons and Estensons new well–and perhaps did business with. This second … Continue reading
Pigeon Falls Church Pictures
After a long time away from this blog, I was doing some Internet searches and came across a few photos that I thought may interest our readers. The first is a group photo at Pigeon Creek Lutheran Church very likely … Continue reading
A Tobacco Farmer Tribute
For the past few years I have been trying my hand at flat plane carving, an old Norwegian craft. With four or five generations of Borresons having had their hand in tobacco farming, I decided to modify a Harley Refsal … Continue reading
Descendants of Bernt Borresen
Sometimes one little discovery solves many a mystery! Bernt Borresen, our grandfather Emil’s uncle and his godparent in 1872, has been something of a mystery. First, I thought he had no family, but it turned out he lived in La … Continue reading
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Learning About Wisconsin
Do you ever wonder how our immigrant ancestors decided to come to Wisconsin? Are you curious about how they learned about our state? It’s a well-known fact that letters from America were passed around like “hot news” when they would … Continue reading
Two More Old Photos
In the same perusal of old papers a few days ago, I came across two photos I decided to add here. The first is of our Grandmother Gina, taken in April 1960 (according to info on the back). I admit … Continue reading
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